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Patented July 14, 1931 y l uNrriiD STATES PATENT oFFieE NEVILLE C.SEYMOUR, F JERSEY ICITY, NEW JERSEY GAME Application led. December 28,1927. SerialNo. 243,189.

The l present invention relates to an im- Figure l is a plan View ofthegame board proved game, more especially to a railroad showing a map onwhich a railroad route is type of game, wherein a member may beindicated illustrating the wickets and the rolled or worked over theboard through a starting point and the goal.

plurality of wickets, from a starting point Figure 2 is a longitudinallysectional view' '250 to a certain destination according to the on line 22 of Figure l. course of travel of a person over a certain Referring tothe drawings, 1 identifies a railroad route. gaine board, whichcomprises a base 2, which Another purpose is to provide a game may beconstructed ofany suitable material i '10 which is fascinating,interestingand educapreferably wood or fabric and secured to the-55tional, not only with regard to the various under face of the board 2 isa paper or cardplaces or stations or towns through which a board facing3, which turns up on the sides train passes but also with regard toother `and ends of the board to provide marginal towns in the vicinityof those through which flanges 4 and 5, the flanges l being at the thetrain is passing. ends of the game board, while the lianges 52250 Afurther purpose is to provide a game extend along the longitudinal edgesof the of this character which is not only tedious game board. to causethe rolling member to traverse the A suitable card-board' or paper cover6 game board in the proper direction, but relatively thick,substantially corresponding Q0 tends to show how steady a persons handto the ,thickness of the flanges 4 and 5 is! U5 might be in manipulatingand whether the provided. person possesses a substantial degree ofyFastened in any suitable manner, preferequilibrium. ably adhesive is amap 9 constructed of A still further purpose is to provide a paper or acomposition of paper and linen gaine including a starting base or point,a Oi' paper backed with linen, and the map as`V route, which maycorrespond to the raildisclosed in Figure l may correspond to a roadroute to be traversed by the person fascinating railroad route to betraversed operating the game, in conjunction with a by the operator. Thefact is the game board goal at the terminal of the route the aim may beconstructed according to various 3o being to carry the rolling memberfrom the routes of a particular railroad. starting point in the rightdirection throughy l lt 1s o-bvious that the invention is not to be thewickets at certain towns or cities, accordlimited to any particularroute. It is the ing to a dotted line indicating a course of lpurpose inproviding a` game of this chartravel, corresponding to the route. acterto have a number of gaines on which the It is to be understood that theparticulars routes may correspond to the various routes '80 herein givenare in no way limitive, and that' of a railroad, so that a. traveler maypurchase while still keeping within the scope of the a game according tothe course of travel to invention, any desired modification of debetaken, and while sitting inthe car it is the tails and proportions maybe made in the aim to carry a rolling ball l0 along the route 40construction of the appliance according to disclosed on the map. i sr;

circumstances. In dillerent locations, especially at impor- Theinvention comprises further featuresv tant towns or cities uprightwickets 1l are and combination of parts to be hereinafter mounted. Thesewicketsmay be driven into set forth, shown in the drawings and claimed.the board so that they will stand upright and `l5 In the drawings:provide for free passage of a spherical roll-l lQO Rules of play Theball or spherical member 12 is placed in the cavity or starting point13, and then the ball is guided through the various wickets, theoperator manipulating the board so as to cause the spherical member orball to roll out of the cavity 13 and carried through the severalwickets according to the dotted line 16, and when the ball or sphericalmember reaches the cavity 14, without passing through the wickets in thewrong direction other than that indicated by the dotted line, the gameis won by the operator. It is possible to use the game on railroads, andwhen there is more than one traveling in company, say for instance twopersons, it is possible for the persons to compete.

Itis necessary to permit'the spherical member or ball to pass throughany wicket in the proper direction, Abut should the ball pass through awicket in a reverse direction other than that shown will require a newattempt from the starting point. This spherical mem* ber or ball cannotpass through a wicket from either side. The ball or member must passthrough the wicket in the direction of the arrows 17 disclosed on thedotted line 16. Failure to observe any of these rules requires a. newattempt from the starting point. The present game is favorable forvarious gatherings and those who pass through the wickets incorrectlymay be subjected to a penalty. However when wickets are passed throughproperly in correct order the player is exempt from penalty.

The purpose of this game is to complete the course of travel as rapidlyas possible, and a little practice will enable an operator to show thatconsiderable skill can be developed. As

previously stated competition among several players proves mostentertaining, to see who can lower the record time.

The invention having been set forth, what is claimed is: y

A game comprising a game boa-rd having a perfectly smooth flat planesurface, and a plurality of wickets positioned at predetermined variedirregular locations on said smooth flat plane surface of the board, anda line consisting of broken arrows indicative of an irregular route toVdefine an uninterrupted direction of irregular travel passing throughthe irregularly located wickets, an arrow head adjacent each wicketindicative of the direction of passage through said wicket, said line ofdirection arrows having starting and ending points, said game boardbeing manually tiltable whereby a rolling mein-

